A Midsummer Night's DreamNotes on the story, language, construction, and background accompany the text the comedy about romantic entanglements among humans and fairies. |
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... child , my daughter Hermia . Stand forth , 15 Demetrius . My noble lord , This man hath my consent to marry her . Stand forth , 15 Lysander ; and , my gracious Duke , This man hath bewitched the bosom of my child : 16 Thou , thou ...
... child , my daughter Hermia . Stand forth , 15 Demetrius . My noble lord , This man hath my consent to marry her . Stand forth , 15 Lysander ; and , my gracious Duke , This man hath bewitched the bosom of my child : 16 Thou , thou ...
Page 38
... child of me - " my child " . 83 spiced- " strongly scented " . 84 Neptune , god of the sea . 85 marking - " looking at " ; " taking notice of " . 86 traders - " trading ships that have set out to sea ( embarked ) " . 87 the sails ...
... child of me - " my child " . 83 spiced- " strongly scented " . 84 Neptune , god of the sea . 85 marking - " looking at " ; " taking notice of " . 86 traders - " trading ships that have set out to sea ( embarked ) " . 87 the sails ...
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... child exchanged for another at birth ( the fairies were believed to do this , leaving an " elf - child " for the human one ) . chant , sing . chaplet , flowers made into a chain and hung round the head or neck . chaste , virtuous or ...
... child exchanged for another at birth ( the fairies were believed to do this , leaving an " elf - child " for the human one ) . chant , sing . chaplet , flowers made into a chain and hung round the head or neck . chaste , virtuous or ...
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actors ancient Athenian Athens audience awake beautiful bird BOTTOM as PYRAMUS Bottom's characters Cupid dance Demetrius dote doth Duke Egeus Elizabethan elves Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair fairies fear flowers FLUTE as THISBE follow four lovers friends gentle give gleek goddess grow hast hate hath head hear heart Helena Hermia imagination kind ladies lion look lord lovers Lysander Lysander's magic maiden marry meaning Midsummer Night's Dream moon MOONSHINE Mustardseed never Nick Bottom night nine men's morris oath Oberon and Titania Peaseblossom person Peter Quince PHILOSTRATE play prologue Puck Pyramus and Thisbe quarrel Queen Quince's rehearse Robin Robin Goodfellow scene scorn Shakespeare shine sing sleep SNOUT SNUG song sound speak speech spirit STARVELING story sweet tears thee Theseus and Hippolyta thing Thisby Thisby's thou tongue troth true vows wakes wall wedding wild wood words young